The "whiskey wagers" are flying back and forth between distilleries in New England and Northeast Florida ahead of Sunday's AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
It began with Sons of Liberty Beer & Spirits Co. of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, challenging the St. Augustine Distillery Company to a whiskey wager on Facebook. The stakes: The losing distillery has to send the winning distillery a case of its whiskey AND wear the winning team's gear while they're open for all their guests to see. The St. Augustine Distillery then accepted that wager in a Facebook video.
Then, Sons of Liberty Beer & Spirits doubled down on the bet and challenged Manifest Distilling of Jacksonville and offered to throw in some lobsters with the help of Lobsters New England.
Manifest Distilling accepted the challenge and also pulled in Intuition Ale Works and Bold Bean Coffee Roasters, who, at the end of the Facebook video (see full video below), challenged the George Howell Coffee Company in Acton, Mass., to take part in the wager. No word yet on if George Howell accepted the challenge:
Jacksonville Jaguars - New England Patriots Whiskey WagerWe gladly accept the challenge from Sons of Liberty Beer & Spirits Co. and join St. Augustine Distillery Company with the whiskey wager. We even take things up a notch with our good friends from Intuition Ale Works and Bold Bean Coffee Roasters. George Howell Coffee Company, you might want to watch this till the end.
Posted by Manifest Distilling on Thursday, January 18, 2018
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